pastiche

The definition of a pastiche is a work of art made from various bits, or a work of art made to resemble works of other artists.

An example of a pastiche is a piece of abstract art.

pastiche

noun

a literary, artistic, or musical composition made up of bits from various sources; potpourri

a literary, artistic, or musical composition intended to imitate or caricature another artist's style

a jumbled mixture; hodgepodge

Origin of pastiche

French ; from Italian pasticcio

pastiche

noun

A dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent.

A pasticcio of incongruous parts; a hodgepodge: “In &ellipsis; a city of splendid Victorian architecture &ellipsis; there is a rather pointless pastiche of Dickensian London down on the waterfront”(Economist).

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The moment one hears the word “Tantrism”, various wild and lurid associations spring forth in the Western mind which add up to a pastiche of psycho spiritual science fiction and sexual acrobatics that would put to shame the most imaginative of our contemporary pronographers.